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Made in hr
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Croatia

Since I've started learning how to do digital sculpting I was trying to find a style and a theme which other artists haven't already covered. I made this chameleon, and people liked it, so I decided to stick with the animal theme.






After the chameleon I thought it would be cool to make an ant. I figured making it a knight would be logical, since ants live in a monarchy after all. When browsing through the different kinds of helmets I could use my brother liked the conquistador helmet, so I changed the concept a bit as I thought the colonizing nature of the ants would mix well with the spanish colonizers. I will first try to finish the ant side of things before moving onto the reptiles.



   
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Shadowy Grot Kommittee Memba






that chameleon is amazing, is there somewhere you're selling the file?

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Made in hr
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Croatia

 the_scotsman wrote:
that chameleon is amazing, is there somewhere you're selling the file?

I will be opening a shop up this weekend. I will also be giving a few models away.
I'll be sure to send you a link to the shop when it's open.

   
Made in hr
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Croatia

Here's the ant rider. Hope you like him. I'm working on an ant with 4 flintlocks next. He wont have the standard conquistantor hat and outfit like the other ones, I want to make him a little more wild and flamboyant that the regular troops.





   
Made in gb
Walking Dead Wraithlord






those are pretty cool!

Good luck with your shop.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/772746.page#10378083 - My progress/failblog painting blog thingy

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AngryAngel80 wrote:
I don't know, when I see awesome rules, I'm like " Baby, your rules looking so fine. Maybe I gotta add you to my first strike battalion eh ? "


 Eonfuzz wrote:


I would much rather everyone have a half ass than no ass.


"A warrior does not seek fame and honour. They come to him as he humbly follows his path"  
   
Made in hr
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Croatia

 Argive wrote:
those are pretty cool!

Good luck with your shop.

Thank you.

Here's a WIP of my next ant, the quadruple pistoleer. Shouldn't take me too long to finish him since I made a lot of the "bits" beforehand.
https://cults3d.com/en/users/bbmpaint/creations

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Made in hr
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Croatia

Almost done. I've made a lot of the "bits" beforehand, so I only need to make a couple of things and add the ones I already made.
https://cults3d.com/en/users/bbmpaint/creations

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Affton, MO. USA

I never knew I needed an Ant Pistoleer in the poofy pants.

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Nimble Pistolier





Antwerp

Neat stuff, I especially like the chameleon samurai.

The ants are great as well!

'The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill.' -- The Duke of Wellington

My hobby log: https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/770007.page 
   
Made in hr
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Croatia

 Theophony wrote:
I never knew I needed an Ant Pistoleer in the poofy pants.

I pondered on what people want but don't yet know they want and an ant with 4 flintlocks and poofy pants was the answer. Here he is in his finished state. It's always possible I'll have to make some minor changes in the sculpt, but I don't forsee any issues.
https://cults3d.com/en/users/bbmpaint/creations



   
Made in hr
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Croatia

The first attempt at printing the bullet ant went well, but there was one issued, and it was the pistols. Although they did print, some of their details were just too small and fragile, and crumbeled when touched. I've remade the guns from scratch, simplified and beefed up the details on them, and made whole pistols a bit bigger. The mechanism of the flintlock in particular no longer looks like it could actually be functional, but it's better to have a less detailed and unfunctional detail on a miniature than a realistic but too fragile one.
I am rather sad that I couldn't put it up on the shop this sunday like I planned. I still don't have any sales there and I was hoping the higher quality of this model would help me make the first one.
Next up I will try and make the queen. It will be a large and ambitious project and I hope I am up to the task. It will in fact have a lot of termite queen features, as my research has discovered that ant queens don't look all that different form regular ants, while termite queens have distinctive looking egg laying rears that are so often represented in fiction of swarm like species.

   
Made in hr
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Croatia

Redid the pistols and painted the model. Everything came together nicely.


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Made in es
Inspiring SDF-1 Bridge Officer






That looks absolutely awesome
   
Made in hr
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Croatia

Thank you for the compliment. Here's a WIP pic of my next project, the ant queen. It should be done and ready to download soon.

https://cults3d.com/en/users/bbmpaint/creations

   
Made in hr
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Croatia

Finished the next model, the ant queen.




   
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Leader of the Sept







The imperious pointing really makes it for me nice work.

Please excuse any spelling errors. I use a tablet frequently and software keyboards are a pain!

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Made in hr
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Croatia

I've added a scepter after some recomendations. Test print soon, got sick so it got delayed.


   
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Croatia

Here is the printed model.
You can pick up the STL at https://cults3d.com/en/users/bbmpaint/creations


   
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Nimble Glade Rider





Such a cool concepts and really well executed, great work!
   
Made in hr
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Croatia

Printed the Mushroom zombie ant. Decided I should make a few changes before I upload it. The antanae should be a bit thicker. They printed out just fine but I think some people could have problems removing the supports from them, and I don't want that. After comparing the model with some infinity models I decided I should also increase the scale by about 10 to 15%. They've got some pretty fine details and a lot of thin limbs so it just makes sense.
All in all I'm very happy with it, I think it looks good, should be fun to paint and it's also quite unique. If you've got feedback I'd love to hear it.






   
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Croatia

Another ant.

   
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Croatia

Here it is painted.





   
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Inspiring SDF-1 Bridge Officer






That looks ace! Very good paintjob and really interesting mini
   
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Cananda

That's a great start. I feel you could refine your lines and sharpen up the details and spend more time per model. But that's a good start for sure. Also, a highly original idea so bonus.

My only hangup is the lack of refinement. But that's your first try so.. keep at it. Good stuff.

What programs are you using to sculpt? Where are you getting stuck and how much time are you spending on each sculpt?

 
   
Made in hr
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Croatia

I've been paying more attention to the sharpening of lines with the later models. Is it still not refined enough? What should I do to improve?
My biggest problem I think is the fact that I'm not working off of any concept art. It would be much easier if I could work off some sketches but I don't know how to draw and commissioning concept art is too expensive for me. I can make a model in about 3 days of sculpting.

   
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Cananda

 Power Elephant wrote:
I've been paying more attention to the sharpening of lines with the later models. Is it still not refined enough? What should I do to improve?
My biggest problem I think is the fact that I'm not working off of any concept art. It would be much easier if I could work off some sketches but I don't know how to draw and commissioning concept art is too expensive for me. I can make a model in about 3 days of sculpting.


All I can say is it will get better in time. But I think you should spend more time than 3 days per model. A lot of professional artists suggest reworking old artwork and new concepts, and methodology over and over until you've mastered it. A lot of professionals suggest doing something over five times. Start over and do it again and again until you've nailed it. I tend to push out one model a month, then spend another few months refining them before I move on to the next.

You also don't want to burn yourself out and scare off customers who will judge everything about your miniatures. You really need to get crisp-quality-looking stuff. I've done some test sculpts and shown old work on here and have had people send me hate mail and get really angry or belittle me for posting sketches, that are not finished works.

Patreon isn't a business model you should chase after early in your career. it's really difficult to compete with teams of sculptors offering hundreds of things for dirt cheap. So trying to push out models to compete might pull in a few dollars here and there but...could damage your brand in the long run. People will remember your name and what you put out. And could pass on future stuff. Really need to go big or go home to get out there and build up hype. So for now it might not be a good idea to concentrate on perfecting the fundamentals of sculpting and then working on speed.

Anyways you want to ensure that your stuff is ready so you don't lose customers before you start. I can safely say that some of your stuff could use more time looks a little doughy in some areas as a critique from one artist to another. What puts you ahead of the game is that you have an open mind, and already addressing your problem areas.

If you're looking to improve and your on twitch near the end of October we can go over some stuff and concepts ideas, sculpts etc. I'll be happy to show you some tips and just generally chat about 3D modelling and introduce you to some industry legends in the 3D modelling community who you are always down to chat about moddelling.

I really do look forward to whatever you're throwing out in the future.

Anyways it's WhiskerKing on twitch. There isn't much of a 3D miniature community, there are however a lot of 3D modellers, many many painters that have hundreds if not thousands of followers you could introduce your stuff to. I should be back by the end of October when the new studio will be set up.

Send me a Pm if you want and we can give a proper critique on some of the stuff problem areas and offer some helpful advice or point you in the direction of resources.

I really really like what you're doing with this stuff so stay positive and keep trying to get better, actively try to improve, repetition, repetition, repetition or so I've been told.

I think flipped Normals has a video on that very thing.

Cloth is a unique beast as well and very difficult to sculpt, but I've picked up a few tricks here and there I can show you.

Really cool-looking stuff. If you're interested send me a PM and I'll try to help you out if you want some honest feedback.








 
   
Made in hr
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Croatia

Thank you very much for the advice. Being connected to people who are good at digital modeling and sculpting would be a great help as I currently don't know many people who could critique my models in a meaningful way. I guess I'll send you some images of the model I'm currently working on when I finish it for some feedback.

   
 
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